Artificial bait



Nov. 6, 1923. 1,473,420

G. H. DOERING ARTIFICIAL BAIT Filed Feb. 28. 1921 7 CIMMnMf- PatentedNov. 6, 1923.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. DOEBING, 01 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

anrrmcm BAIT.

Application filed February as, 1021. Serial in. 448,488.

To allwhom it may concern."

Be it known that I, Gaoaen H. DOERING, a citizen of the United States,and resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, cityand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Artificial Baits, of which the following is a s cification.

This invention relates to improvements in artificialbait, and has forits principal object to provide means for increasing the fish-attractingqualities of artificial casting or trolling baits.

Another important object of the invention 16 is to provide an artificialbait having a colored body portion which will not be marred in handlingthe bait or by fish strikin the bait.

other object of the invention is to provide an artificial bait havingsections or strips of practically indestructible permanently coloredmaterial secured thereto.

Further objects of the invention are to provide an artificial bait whichwill float when at rest and submerge when retrieved; to improve thediving qualities of the but; to increase the ease with which the baitmay be retrieved; to cause the formation of a. decided wake duringretrieving of the bait; and to impart a sinuous, wrig ling and dartingmovement to the bait uring retrieving thereof.

11 the drawings: A p igure 1 is a side elevation of the bait; Fig. 2 acentral longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Fi 3 a detail view of one of the pearl pane retainin devices;

Fig.4 a section on the line IVIV of Fig.

2; and a I Fig. 5 an end view of the bait.

The main body portion 1 of the bait is preferably formed ofwood and ispreferably of polygonal form in cross section through the major portionof. its length. The wooden body has suflicient bulk to sustain itself,and the attached parts hereinafter described, upon the surface of thewater when the but is at rest. The body 1 is formed with a cylindricalhead ortion 2 of slightly greater diameter than t e polygonal portion ofthe bod so as to form a. shoulder 3 at the forwa end of the polygonalportion of the body.

The head 2 is provided with a circumfer-' ential flange or rib 4 andwith a forwardly and downwardly extendin diving nose 5 forward of saidflange 4. e lower surface of the diving nose is rounded in cross sectionand in side view curves forwardly and downwardly to a point materiallybelow the lower edge of the main body portion of the bait. The frontface of the diving nose extends 1n a reverse curve from the tip of thenose to the flange 4 at a point approximately on a line with the upperedgeof the body. A screw eye 6 is screwed into the front curved face ofthe diving nose 5, the projecting end of the screw eye to which the lineis adapted to be attached being located above the longitudinal centerline of the bait body. The rear end of the bait body ispreferablyrounded as shown at 7.

A plurality of straps or anels 8 of mother of pearl are secure to t eolygonal portion 1 of the wooden bait y, there bein preferably oneintegral panel overlyin eac flat surface of the body portion 1, asshown. The longitudinal ed of the pearl panels 8 are have ed so that t epanels will fit snugl together and'form a continuous, polygonal:gmdlticolored, and iridescent sheath .for the o to the wooden body invarious ways, but I prefer to employ the means shown which embodies aclamping or retaining ring 9- and a retaining ca 10. 4

The ring or and 9 is split or divided and its overlapped end. portionsare provided with registering a ertures 11 throu h'which the shank ofthe orward gang-boo -attaching screw-eye 12 passes. Screw-eye 12 passesalso throu h anv aperture in the lowermost pearl pane 8 and isscrewedupward into the wooden body of the bait. A gan hook 13 isattached to screw-e e 12 which t us serves to lock both the ban baitbody. Band 9 is preferably bent transversely at the meeting edges ofeach two panels 8 so asto lie flat against the panels, and its rear edgeis preferably scalloped as shown.

The cap 10 fits over the tapered or rounded rear end portion 7 of thewooden bait body and has its rim portion pressed into polygonal form asshown at 14 so as to snugly embrace, the rear ends of the panels 8. The

rear ends of the panels may be slightly bev-' portion 1. These panelsmay be held 9 and hook 13 to the tact between the cap and panels. Thecap descent character.

is forced forwardly about the rear end of the bait bodyand securely heldin place by a screw-eye 15 which also serves as a means for attachin a.rear gang hook 16 to the bait .body. and 9 and cap 10 are formed oflight sheet metal, preferalbly thin gau e aluminum. Each screw-eye ispreferably provided with the usual cup-shaped metal washer 17.

The mother of pearl sheath or coverin forms a highly attractive andefficient fis lure owing to its niulti-colored and in- It is alsoractically indestructible as it is not affected by water and its fishluring qualities cannot be.

destroyed by handling or b fish striking. the bait as is the case witpainted bait bodies. If the pearl should be badly scratched by a fish orby one of the hooks, its colored and iridescent surface can be easilyand completely restored by rubbing a finger a few times over thescratched surface.

The collar, flange or rib 4 produces a decided wake when the bait ispulled through the water which materially aids in attracting fish to thebait. The reverse curve of nose 5 causes the bait to quickly and easilsubmerge when the bait is pulled forwar and reduces head resistance to aminimum. The location of screw eye 6 above the longitudinal center lineof the body and considerably to the rear of the forward end of nose 5facilitates the diving action when the bait is retrieved and also causesthe bait to have a sinuous, darting or wriggling motion when retrieved.The darting motion of the bait is due primaril to the projection of thenose forward of t e point at which the line is attached to the bait, andis highly advantageous as it simulates the swimming movement of aminnow.

It will be obvious that various materials may be substituted for motherof pearl, or panels of pearls may be used in combination with panels ofother material of various colors. For example I may form all or some ofthe panels of bakelite, natural or artificial ivory, celluloid, or othermaterials which may be colored as desired. The sheath may be formed inpanels, as shown, or of one piece. It will be observed that all or apart of the sheath may be replaced or changed when'necessary or desired.While I have shown the detachable fish-attracting bait-covering appliedto a floating and diving bait having a wooden body, it will be obviousthat it ma be applied to various other ty s of floating or non-floatingbaits having Y dies made of various materials and of various shapes.

What I claim is:

1. A fish bait comprising a body portion, a

a series of strips of fish-attract plurality of strips ofhard andinsoluble fishattracting material extending longitudinally of the bodyportion, a divided band embracing said strips adjacent one end, a.fastenin device extending throu h the overlapped ends of the band'into te body portion, a cap fitting over one end of the body and embracing theother ends of the strips, and a fastening device extending through thecap into the adjacent end of the body.

2. A fish bait comprising a body portion, material extendinglongitudinally of the y portion, a band extending around the bodyportion over said strips adjacent one end of the series of strips, ascrew e e passing through the band and threade into the body, a capfitting over one end of the body and embracing the adjacent ends of thestrips ascrew eye extendin through the cap and threaded into the b0 y,and hooks at-v tached to both of said screw-eyes. j

3. A fish bait of the lug type comprising a body provided with means orimparting a wriggling motion thereto when drawn through the water, saidbody having angularly disposed iridescent surfaces.

4. A fish-bait comprising a plug body formed .with a circumferentialshoulder adjacent its forward end, a pluralit of longitudinallyextending strips of icolbred material arranged edge to edge around thebody and abutting said shoulder attheir forward ends, an'annularretainerembracing the forward ends of 'the strips, and aembracing lar retainerembracing the forward ends of the strips, and a cap secured to the rearend of the body and embracing the rear beveled ends of the strips.

6. A fish-bait of the plug type having a portion of its body ofpolygonal form in transverse section, a series of flat angularlydisposed strips of iridescent materialarranged around the exterior ofthe bait on the flat faces of said polygonal body rtion, a pair ofretaining members emhi'aci opposite ends of the series of strips, anremovable fastening devices extending through said retaining membersinto the body for detachably holding the members and strips to the body.

7. A fish-bait comprising a flotative plug having a main body portlon ofpolygonal cross-section, a polygonal series of flat stri of mother ofpearl arranged around t e exterior of the plug on the flat faces of saidbody polygonal body portion, and a pair of remining members embraoingthe opposite ends of the series of strips.

8. A fish-bait comprising a flotativeplug 5 having a main body portionof polggonal form and a forwardly and downwar 1y extending nose,fla-tstrips of mother of pearl,

and means for holding said flat strips to the flat faces of thepolygonal body portion 0 GEORGE H. DOERING.

